courtesy of: The Morning News
Program details for the 3rd annual Aruba International Film Festival (AIFF), which takes place June 22-28, 2012, were announced today. The Festival will showcase a diverse array of films from 18 different countries and feature several international and South American premieres. The lineup was announced by AIFF Artistic Director Claudio Masenza along with Festival founder Jonathan Vieira.
AIFF will open with the international premiere of director Rob Reiner’s comedy “The Magic of Belle Isle” starring Academy Award® nominated actress Virginia Madsen and Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman. Virginia Madsen (“Sideways,” “Firewall,” “The Number 23”) will be in Aruba to present the film to AIFF’s opening night audience and greet fans on the red carpet on Friday, June 22nd at the Paseo Herencia.
In “The Magic of Belle Isle,” Morgan Freeman plays Monte Wildhorn, a famous Western novelist whose struggle with alcoholism has sapped his passion for writing. He takes a lakeside cabin for the summer in picturesque Belle Isle, and becomes friends with the family next door--an attractive single mom (Virginia Madsen) and her young daughters--who help him find inspiration again.
The official AIFF 2012 lineup is comprised of the following films:
- A FEW BEST MEN (Country: Australia/UK / Director: Stephan Elliott)
- A GANG STORY (Country: France/Belgium / Director: Olivier Marchal) (South American Premiere)
- ANTON CORBIJN INSIDE OUT? (Country: Netherlands/Germany/UK/Italy/Sweden / Director: Klaartje Quirijns) (American Premiere)
- BRINGING UP BOBBY (Country: USA / Director: Famke Janssen) (South American Premiere)
- EASY! (Country: Italy / Director: Francesco Bruni) ** Voted best film in the “Controcampo Italiano” section of Venice Film Festival (South American Premiere)
- EASY MONEY (Country: Sweden / Director: Daniel Espinosa) (South American Premiere)
- ELECTRIK CHILDREN (Country: USA / Director: Rebecca Thomas) (South American Premiere)
- HARA-KIRI: DEATH OF A SAMURAI (Country: Japan/UK / Director: Takashi Miike) (South American Premiere)
- HOLLYWOOD INVASION (Country: Italy / Director: Marco Spagnoli) American Premiere
- IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY (Country: USA / Director: Angelina Jolie) (South American Premiere)
- KRYPTONITE! (Country: Italy / Director: Ivan Cotroneo) (South American Premiere)
- REDLEGS (Country: USA / Director: Brandon Harris)
- REVERÓN (Country: Venezuela / Director: Diego Rísquez)
- ROMAN POLANSKI: A FILM MEMOIR (Country: UK/Italy/Germany / Director: Laurent Bouzereau) (American Premiere)
- SEX OF THE ANGELS (Country: Spain/Brazil / Director: Xavier Villaverde) (South American Premiere)
- STOLEN (Country: USA / Director: Simon West) (World Premiere)
- TAKE THIS WALTZ (Country: Canada/Spain/Japan / Director: Sarah Polley) (South American Premiere)
- THE MAGIC OF BELLE ISLE (Country: USA / Director: Rob Reiner) (South American Premiere)
- THE HUNTER (Country: Australia / Director: Daniel Nettheim)
- WAR OF THE BUTTONS (Country: France / Director: Christophe Barratier) (South American Premiere)
- WHERE DO WE GO NOW? (Country: France/Lebanon/Egypt/Italy / Director: Nadine Labaki) **People’s Choice winner at the Toronto International Film Festival / **Audience Award winner at San Sebastian Film Festival
For complete details of the official selection films please visit www.arubainternationalfilmfestival.com
Two-time Academy Award® winning film editor Pietro Scalia (“Black Hawk Down,” “JFK,” “Gladiator,” “Good Will Hunting,” “Kick-Ass,” “Prometheus,” “Stealing Beauty”) and Virginia Madsen are among the industry names taking part in AIFF’s popular “In Conversation With…” series. Other international stars and notable industry names confirmed to attend AIFF are actor Richard Kind (“Spin City,” “A Serious Man,” “A Bug’s Life”), director Marco Spagnoli (“Hollywood on the Tiber,” “Tonino Guerra: Il Cinema e una presenza”), producer Steven Stabler (“Dumb and Dumber,” “Kingpin,” “Beverly Hills Ninja”), director Brandon Harris (“Redlegs,”“Biospheres,” “Evangeleo") and celebrity choreographer La Velle Smith.
